OAKLAND UNIVERSITY SENATE
Fifth Meeting
Thursday 18 March 1993
3 :10 P.M.
Oakland Room, Oakland Center
AGENDA
Respectfully submitted by Ronald M. Horwitz for the Steering Committee.
A. Old Business
1. Motion from the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction to establish a university-wide system of baccalaureate program reviews (Ms. Otto; Mr. Gerulaitis). Item B.2. from the February agenda.
MOVED that the Senate approve a university-wide system of baccalaureate program reviews as detailed in the statement on UNIVERSITY-WIDE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM REVIEWS (distributed with the February Senate agenda).
Second Reading: debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
B. New Business
1. Motion from the Campus Development and Environment Committee to modify the university's smoking policy (Ms. Rush):
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President that the Oakland University Smoking Policy of January 1, 1987 be replaced with the following policy:
1. Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas of Oakland University, except as provided below. The University shall take appropriate action to publicize and enforce this policy.
2. Smoking is permitted in the following areas, provided such areas are clearly separated from public areas such as corridors and lounges and are kept closed during smoking use.
a. Private residences (i.e. houses or apartments under the University's control, such as married student housing, other rental housing on campus, Meadow Brook Hall housing, the President's residence, and student rooms in the residence halls).
b. Spaces specifically designated by the President or designee at the time of use for such purposes as special or private functions, research, or performances where smoking is part of the performance.
First Reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comment: The Campus Development and Environment Committee, responding to President Packard's request that it reconsider the university's smoking policy, bring$s forward this recommendation to provide a virtually smoke-free environment in all campus buildings dings other than private residences. Chairman Geoff Brieger reports that they based their decisions on numerous and increasing studies on the primary health effects of smoking, the deleterious effects of secondary (side stream) smoke inhalation, and the known sensitivities of certain individuals to smoke, as well as increased public awareness of these negative effects as shown by the adoption of institution-wide bans on smoking at neighboring institutions. In order to facilitate compliance with the revised smoking policy the Committee urges the removal of all public ashtrays in halls and other public spaces, additional posting of prominent No Smoking signs in all buildings of the University except as indicated, and the designation of individuals in the various buildings to alert users of campus facilities discreetly but firmly to the current University policy.
2. Motion from the Steering Committee regarding the future of the Honors College (Mr. Edgerton)
MOVED that the Senate
a) endorses the "Proposal for a University Based Honors College" presented by its ad hoc committee on the Honors College (attached for Senators only);
b) urges the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the President to implement the committee's recommendations; and
c) recommends that the Honors College be administered directly by the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
First Reading: debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comment: The College of Arts and Sciences, which originated the Honors College and has provided its institutional home, now recommends that it be relocated under university administrative auspices. The Steering Committee believes it appropriate for the Senate to extend a welcome to the Honors College in its new role and to provide for appropriate faculty governance.
C. Good and Welfare
Private Resolutions
D. Information Items
1. Interim report (attached for Senators only) from the ad hoc Committee on International Programs (Mr. Bertocci)
2. Administrative Searches
3. Status of Center for the Arts
4. Review of University Senate's Practices